Muhammad Jamal wrote
Sunday, March 05, 2023 11:38 PM
The European-Mediterranean Geological Center reported that an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred on the Turkish-Syrian border, according to Russia Today.
And the media reported that the residents of northern Syria and southern Turkey felt this tremor, and the High Relief Committee in Syria had announced that more than 400,000 people in Syria were affected by the earthquake of the 6th of last February.
Last Friday, the National Center for Earthquakes in Syria stated that the number of aftershocks recorded from February 6 to March 3 amounted to 3,867, between mild and destructive.
In its statement, the center indicated that 1,943 tremors of magnitude 2 to 3 on the Richter scale were recorded, 1,502 tremors of magnitude 3 to 4, 378 tremors of 4 to 5 degrees, 33 tremors of 5 to 6 degrees, and 4 tremors of intensity. More than 6 degrees on the Richter scale, in addition to recording the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5 degrees on the Richter scale, and the big earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale, pointing out that the rest of the tremors were recorded less than 2 degrees on the Richter scale.
The center indicated that the total number of seismic events recorded during the 36 days from the beginning of the year 2023 until the occurrence of the major earthquake on February 6 is only 34 weak tremors, the largest of which reached 4.7 degrees.
